1920 - 2023
Calyampudi Radhakrishna Rao (10 September 1920 – 22 August 2023) was an Indian-American mathematician and statistician. He was professor emeritus at Pennsylvania State University and Research Professor at the University at Buffalo. Rao was honoured by numerous colloquia, honorary degrees, and festschrifts and was awarded the US National Medal of Science in 2002. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of C. R. Rao has received more than 1,425,450 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). C. R. Rao is the 7th most popular statistician, the 609th most popular biography from India (down from 599th in 2019) and the most popular Indian Statistician.
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Among statisticians, C. R. Rao ranks 7 out of 9. Before him are Francis Galton, Pafnuty Chebyshev, Karl Pearson, Thomas Bayes, Ronald Fisher, and Jerzy Neyman. After him are Joseph Kruskal and Gertrude Mary Cox.
1822 - 1911
HPI: 69.85
Rank: 1
1821 - 1894
HPI: 64.82
Rank: 2
1857 - 1936
HPI: 62.90
Rank: 3
1702 - 1761
HPI: 62.84
Rank: 4
1890 - 1962
HPI: 61.46
Rank: 5
1894 - 1981
HPI: 52.78
Rank: 6
1920 - 2023
HPI: 44.40
Rank: 7
1928 - 2010
HPI: 41.89
Rank: 8
1900 - 1978
HPI: 39.37
Rank: 9
Among people born in 1920, C. R. Rao ranks 326. Before him are Carlo Monti, Paul Mebus, Jim Siedow, Ljubomir Lovrić, Liam Cosgrave, and Alfonso Thiele. After him are Clive Dunn, John Paul Stevens, Kelpo Gröndahl, Ralph Meeker, G. D. Spradlin, and Philippa Pearce. Among people deceased in 2023, C. R. Rao ranks 306. Before him are Dario Campeotto, Gérard Latortue, Pedro Solbes, Mary L. Cleave, Marinho Peres, and Pat McCormick. After him are Bill Richardson, Michael Bishop, B. V. Doshi, Anita Thallaug, Danilo Astori, and Yaakov Ziv.
1920 - 2016
HPI: 44.72
Rank: 320
1920 - 1993
HPI: 44.54
Rank: 321
1920 - 2003
HPI: 44.53
Rank: 322
1920 - 1994
HPI: 44.47
Rank: 323
1920 - 2017
HPI: 44.45
Rank: 324
1920 - 1986
HPI: 44.40
Rank: 325
1920 - 2023
HPI: 44.40
Rank: 326
1920 - 2012
HPI: 44.27
Rank: 327
1920 - 2019
HPI: 44.05
Rank: 328
1920 - 1994
HPI: 44.00
Rank: 329
1920 - 1988
HPI: 43.88
Rank: 330
1920 - 2011
HPI: 43.76
Rank: 331
1920 - 2006
HPI: 43.76
Rank: 332
1939 - 2023
HPI: 44.64
Rank: 300
1934 - 2023
HPI: 44.62
Rank: 301
1942 - 2023
HPI: 44.53
Rank: 302
1947 - 2023
HPI: 44.49
Rank: 303
1947 - 2023
HPI: 44.48
Rank: 304
1930 - 2023
HPI: 44.46
Rank: 305
1920 - 2023
HPI: 44.40
Rank: 306
1947 - 2023
HPI: 44.36
Rank: 307
1945 - 2023
HPI: 44.31
Rank: 308
1927 - 2023
HPI: 44.28
Rank: 309
1938 - 2023
HPI: 44.28
Rank: 310
1940 - 2023
HPI: 44.27
Rank: 311
1931 - 2023
HPI: 44.24
Rank: 312
Among people born in India, C. R. Rao ranks 609 out of 1,493. Before him are Anita Desai (1937), Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale (1947), Randhir Kapoor (1947), Ismat Chughtai (1915), Vijay Amritraj (1953), and Lalu Prasad Yadav (1948). After him are Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati (1874), Nirmala Joshi (1934), B. V. Doshi (1927), Jeannette Altwegg (1930), Saeed Jaffrey (1929), and Uttam Kumar (1926).
1937 - Present
HPI: 44.55
Rank: 603
1947 - 1984
HPI: 44.54
Rank: 604
1947 - Present
HPI: 44.54
Rank: 605
1915 - 1991
HPI: 44.44
Rank: 606
1953 - Present
HPI: 44.42
Rank: 607
1948 - Present
HPI: 44.42
Rank: 608
1920 - 2023
HPI: 44.40
Rank: 609
1874 - 1937
HPI: 44.37
Rank: 610
1934 - 2015
HPI: 44.33
Rank: 611
1927 - 2023
HPI: 44.28
Rank: 612
1930 - 2021
HPI: 44.27
Rank: 613
1929 - 2015
HPI: 44.24
Rank: 614
1926 - 1980
HPI: 44.22
Rank: 615
Among statisticians born in India, C. R. Rao ranks 1.